The Ruraw Municipawity of Riding Mountain West is a ruraw municipawity (RM) in de Canadian province of Manitoba dat incorporated on January 1, 2015 via de amawgamation of de RMs of Shewwmouf-Bouwton and Siwver Creek.[1] It was formed as a reqwirement of The Municipaw Amawgamations Act, which reqwired dat municipawities wif a popuwation wess dan 1,000 amawgamate wif one or more neighboring municipawities by 2015.[2] The Government of Manitoba initiated dese amawgamations in order for municipawities to meet de 1997 minimum popuwation reqwirement of 1,000 to incorporate a municipawity.[3]